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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/755198.page
I'm going to point you to this thread, because it includes several posts describing the Parkland program in details.  :) [/quote]

[b]I didn't see any specific description of the Parkland program here.[/b][/quote]
Copied from the other thread here:
"First - because they are an 8 period block schedule, students get an extra class over other middle schools. All students have English, Math, World Studies, Science, and PE (like all middle schools) and then 3 elective choices instead of two, which was typically a language, band/orchestra, and the focus electives. Each school has a focus area for one of the elective tracks - Parkland is Aerospace and Robotics and all students take two science classes each year, including one for high school credit in 8th grade. Argyle is Computer Science and Loiederman is Performing Arts - I don't know their exact courses, but I'm sure it's on their websites.

In addition to the doubled science classes, Parkland offered special electives including Astronomy, Research in Astronomy, Flight, Robotics 1, Robotics 2, and Introduction to Engineering Design (HS tech credit and 1st Project Lead the Way course). Due to high language demand, Parkland offers Spanish and French levels 1, 2, and 3, and Chinese 1A, 1B, and 2 all at the school (might have changed in the past few years). And while my kid was there, they had enough students to offer Algebra 2 at the middle school, instead of busing them to high school. Many kids entered high school with 8 credits - Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2, French/Spanish 1, 2, 3, Honors Physics, and IED. And this was while we still had final exams and middle school students had to pass the exams to earn HS credit. This program was absolutely beyond the general middle school program, and arguably more rigorous than the middle school math/science program (and I've had a kid in that too.) "[/quote]

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